Abilene Christian's Julius Nyango and Winrose Karunde earned
special recognition Friday when Lone Star Conference officials
announced the league's cross country all-academic awards.
Nyango was named the LSC Men's
Academic Runner of the Year, while Karunde was tabbed LSC Women's
Academic Runner of the Year. Both were voted to the LSC
All-Academic team, which recognized 11 runners -- five men and six
women -- for both academic and athletic achievement. The
All-Academic teams are voted upon by the league's sports
information directors.
Besides the All-Academic teams
being announced, another 20 runners including 13 women and seven
men were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for their academic
success. To be eligible for both the Honor Roll and the
All-Academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.20 cumulative
grade point average.
With Nyango on the men's
All-Academic team were East Central's John Sutrick and Daniel
Kiptoo, Texas A&M-Commerce's Tyler Tyndell and Eastern New
Mexico's Jacob Wiklund.
Joining Karunde on the women's
All-Academic team were Southwestern Oklahoma's Stefanie Jones,
Tarleton State's Kymberlle Trnka, West Texas A&M's Kristie
Hartsfield and Becca Rapstine and Midwestern State's Hassie Sutton.
All the runners will compete in
the LSC Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Oct. 25, in
Kingsville, Texas.
2008 Men's Cross Country All-Academic
Team
Runner
Team
Year
Major
Hometown
Julius
Nyango Abilene
Christian
Sr.
Chemistry
Aldai, Kenya
John
Sutrick
East
Central
Sr.
Biology
Sapulpa, Okla.
Daniel
Kiptoo East
Central
So.
Physics
Eldoret, Kenya
Tyler
Tyndell
Texas A&M-Commerce
Jr.
Kinesiology
Paris, Texas
Jacob
Wiklund Eastern New
Mexico
Sr. Broadcast
Production Cloudcro, N.M.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year:
Julius Nyango, Abilene Christian
COMMISSIONER'S HONOR
ROLL
East Central: Tyler
Jackson East Central, Jr.;
Eastern New
Mexico: Jonathon Tafoya, Jr.; Kennedy
Baiywo, Sr.; Logan Robertson, So.;
Texas
A&M-Commerce: Logan Kelly, Jr.; Brandon
Womack, So.
2008 Women's Cross Country All-Academic
Team
Runner
Team
Year
Major
Hometown
Winrose
Karunde Abilene Christian
So.
Nursing
Nyeri,
Kenya
Stefanie
Jones Southwestern
Oklahoma
Sr.
Pharmacy
Fort Smtih, Ark.
Kymberlee Trnka Tarleton
State
Sr. Exer. & Sports
Stud. Caldwell, Texas
Kristie Hartsfield
West Texas A&M
Jr.
Biology
Perryton, Texas
Hassie
Sutton
Midwestern State
So. Exercise
Physiology Keller, Texas
Becca
Rapstine West Texas
A&M
So. Sports & Exer.
Science
White Deer, Texas
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Academic Runner of the Year:
Winrose Karunde, Abilene Christian
COMMISSIONER'S HONOR
ROLL
Abilene
Christian: Lindsey Putman, So.;
Angelo State:
Patricia Dailey, Sr.; Brittney Heath, Jr.; Paige Massingill, Jr.;
Andria Nussey, Jr.;
East Central: Carina Clemente,
So.; Sarah Reihart, Jr.; Silvia Barkechir, So.;
Southeastern Oklahoma: Andi
Richardson, Sr.;
Southwestern Oklahoma: Kate
Hollenshead, Sr.; Emily Haskins, Jr.;
Tarleton State:
Angela Riker, Jr.;
West Texas
A&M: Belinda Castanon, Sr.